AG Article III: The Courts

Article III of the Constitution gives Congress the power to create a system of federal courts, other than the Supreme Court, known as

• superior courts.

• inferior courts.

• original courts.

• appellate courts.

The final authority on legal questions in the United States is

• the president.

• the vice president.

• the Senate.

• the Supreme Court

The Constitution gives Congress the power to create federal courts

• lower than the Supreme Court.

• higher than the Supreme Court.

• equal to the Supreme Court.

• unaffected by the Supreme Court.

Which is a true statement about federal justices?

• They are appointed by the Senate.

• They serve five-year terms.

• They are approved by the Supreme Court.

• They serve lifetime terms.

Which explains why Supreme Court justices are given lifetime appointments?

• They give justices original jurisdiction.

• They protect justices from political pressure.

• They connect justices to appellate courts.

• They provide justices with unlimited power.

An unanswered constitutional question about the judicial branch involves

• who should approve judges and justices.

• what “good behavior” means, with regard to judicial terms.

• how a Supreme Court is created.

• who should appoint judges and justices.

Compared with the executive and legislative branches, the main purpose of the judicial branch is

• to make laws.

• to execute laws.

• to interpret laws.

• to overrule laws.

In terms of jurisdiction, the Supreme Court has

• executive and appellate.

• original and appellate.

• legislative and original.

• original and executive.

Appellate jurisdiction refers to

• the Supreme Court’s authority to hear a case for the first time.

• the Supreme Court’s authority to hear a case from a lower court.

• a lower court’s authority to hear a case from the executive branch.

• a lower court’s authority to hear a case from the legislative branch.

Which would most likely fall under the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?

• a case involving the laws of a single state

• a case between two companies

• a case appealed from a lower court

• a case between two states